The first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life prison sentence.

Lalone was 19 at the time of the 2011 slaying of 19-year-old Christian Sosa.

Mirta Sosa, mother of the victim, said, "I am satisfied with the verdict and I believe God gave justice. My son never deserved to die. He was a good person with a big heart and was loved by many. Although justice was served, my life will never be the same. I will always love my son."

Lalone was accused of conspiring with three other friends, Blakelen Adams, Tyler Conrad and Sabrina Lovett, to kill Sosa.

According to the state, Conrad called Sosa and agreed to meet him at the Apison Park tennis courts.

Instead, police said Lalone dressed in all black and hid out in the shrubs, waiting for Sosa to drive up. When Sosa and his girlfriend, Meghan Bennett, arrived in her car, police said Lalone came out and started shooting.

In Lalone's initial police interview, he claimed to have been with several friends and told the detectives to "subpoena them."

He also told the jury that the times from the videos submitted into evidence did not add up. Adams, Conrad and Lovett were shown on tape at Walmart at 10:35 p.m., only nine minutes after the first 911 call was made. Lalone does not walk into Walmart until 10:52 p.m., wearing dark-colored clothing.

The prosecutor asked, "Do you believe those three, if they were all the way in Apison, drove all the way to the Walmart on Gunbarrel in nine minutes?"

Prosecutor Kristen Spires also noted during the trial that Lalone had repeatedly told police he did not have a phone. However, footage from Walmart shows him walking into the store while talking on a cell phone.

Prosecutor Finlay said, "All of this is consistent with the plan Sabrina said they had. It doesn't have to be a good plan."

He implored the jury to find Lalone guilty, saying that jury instructions said nothing about "throwing away your common sense or ignoring it."

However, attorney Loper disagreed. He said, "Mr. Lalone doesn't buy anything from Walmart. He doesn't need a receipt. I submit to you he removed himself from the situation, met back up at Walmart."

He points out that in Lalone's police interview, Lalone cried when he described what he said Conrad did.

Attorney Loper said, "That's certainly not the insensitivity that you get from Mr. Adams. Not one amount of sympathy or remorse in that kid's statement. He tries to act dumb and say he can't remember anything. He calls the deceased 'retarded.'"

He pointed out that in Adams' interview, he said his mother was a lawyer and he knew "how this works."

Adams also said, "I don't want to answer anything that could be incriminating. I don't know how the questions are, some of them are tricky." Adams was originally charged with conspiracy to commit murder but charges were later dismissed.

Attorney Loper said, "He also says one thing that just blows my mind. 'Christian Sosa was carrying a gun on the night this happened.' Is he setting up a self-defense theory?"

Conrad received the same charge but passed away in 2013.

Attorney Loper also told the jury to remember that the witnesses had said during their testimony that they could hear each other being questioned at the police station because the rooms were adjacent. Adams could hear Conrad being questioned and Lovett could hear Lalone.

Attorney Loper said, "Ms. Lovett. She made a pact with Tyler and Blake. Most importantly, she knows what she's got to do to save herself. Look at her in that interview room. No remorse, no sympathy. She seems blank...She hears Blake in the next room. She hears she's getting 20 years."

He said, "Her words are the same as Blakelen Adams'. Anything different to her means 20 years."

The attorney also reminded the jury that no blood spatter or gunshot residue was found anywhere on Lalone or in his car. Adams and Conrad were never tested.

In her testimony, Ms. Bennett said she initially believed Tyler Conrad was the shooter. Attorney Loper said, "Look at Meghan Bennett's initial belief. Right when it happened. She knows the difference in the way the two parties look."

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